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> DO_NOT_USE_OR_YOU_WILL_BE_FIRED What could possibly be in there?

by bdrool 9y ago

spicyj 9y ago
We use it as a joke name for functions/modules that are deprecated or dangerous, or that otherwise should be avoided. It works pretty well even though it's (probably) an empty threat.
- i336_ 9y ago
  Thanks for the info :D If I may ask, what's the "internal joke" (https://twitter.com/legneato/status/650491741343084545 https://twitter.com/legneato/status/650491741343084545) about? Also, I take it that the described duplication is due to isolation and compartmentalization (which I can appreciate). I'm curious if some kind of "final dedupe" could be tacked onto the end of the build process that just runs a bunch of fixed algorithms on the assets to find and remove duplicate resources - and maybe even code fragments, like Courgette (https://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/software-updates-courgette https://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/softwar...) does. FWIW, doing something like this would probably take a lot of pressure off the dev teams and make everyone's lives easier. On the current track, the app will be 300MB in a few months. lol
- harryf 9y ago
  And anyone got fired yet?
- Spiritus 9y ago
  Why not just remove them instead?
  - tokenizerrr 9y ago
    The same reason why you otherwise deprecate stuff. Because it's still used. As for React, they have such a variable to allow interop with the react dev tools.
desdiv 9y ago
It could be from React: https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/src/fb/ReactFBEntry.js#L16 https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/src/fb/ReactFB... That or it's a shibboleth common to Facebook projects.
- spicyj 9y ago
  It was already a running joke at FB when we brought it to React.
  - mintplant 9y ago
    Reminds me of "clownshoes" at Mozilla describing a hack or other piece of code that ends up sillier than it should be.
kilotaras 9y ago
I once saw python code if 'i_know_what_im_doing' not in kwargs: raise ...
- efaref 9y ago
  that_function(i_know_what_im_doing=False)
  - pdpi 9y ago
    In a twisted kind of way, I'd call that a feature. If you're aware you don't know what you're doing, but still want to do it, that's kind of ok. Problem is when you're not even aware you're about to jump into some pretty hot water.
- joewalnes 9y ago
  JUnit ships with this method: void _dont_implement_Matcher___instead_extend_BaseMatcher_() I know this because I wrote it. If you're interested in why: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/nlt5x/i_believe_this_is_exactly_how_not_to_design_a/c3awk2i/ https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/nlt5x/i_believ...

> DO_NOT_USE_OR_YOU_WILL_BE_FIRED What could possibly be in there?

by bdrool 9y ago

> DO_NOT_USE_OR_YOU_WILL_BE_FIRED What could possibly be in there?

We use it as a joke name for functions/modules that are deprecated or dangerous, or that otherwise should be avoided. It works pretty well even though it's (probably) an empty threat.

i336_ 9y ago
Thanks for the info :D If I may ask, what's the "internal joke" (https://twitter.com/legneato/status/650491741343084545 https://twitter.com/legneato/status/650491741343084545) about? Also, I take it that the described duplication is due to isolation and compartmentalization (which I can appreciate). I'm curious if some kind of "final dedupe" could be tacked onto the end of the build process that just runs a bunch of fixed algorithms on the assets to find and remove duplicate resources - and maybe even code fragments, like Courgette (https://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/software-updates-courgette https://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/softwar...) does. FWIW, doing something like this would probably take a lot of pressure off the dev teams and make everyone's lives easier. On the current track, the app will be 300MB in a few months. lol
harryf 9y ago
And anyone got fired yet?
Spiritus 9y ago
Why not just remove them instead?
- tokenizerrr 9y ago
  The same reason why you otherwise deprecate stuff. Because it's still used. As for React, they have such a variable to allow interop with the react dev tools.

desdiv 9y ago

It could be from React: https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/src/fb/ReactFBEntry.js#L16 https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/src/fb/ReactFB... That or it's a shibboleth common to Facebook projects.

spicyj 9y ago
It was already a running joke at FB when we brought it to React.
- mintplant 9y ago
  Reminds me of "clownshoes" at Mozilla describing a hack or other piece of code that ends up sillier than it should be.

kilotaras 9y ago

I once saw python code if 'i_know_what_im_doing' not in kwargs: raise ...

efaref 9y ago
that_function(i_know_what_im_doing=False)
- pdpi 9y ago
  In a twisted kind of way, I'd call that a feature. If you're aware you don't know what you're doing, but still want to do it, that's kind of ok. Problem is when you're not even aware you're about to jump into some pretty hot water.
joewalnes 9y ago
JUnit ships with this method: void _dont_implement_Matcher___instead_extend_BaseMatcher_() I know this because I wrote it. If you're interested in why: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/nlt5x/i_believe_this_is_exactly_how_not_to_design_a/c3awk2i/ https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/nlt5x/i_believ...